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In a speech to the Lok Sabha that was punctuated not only by applause and jeers but also by some of the twinkling humour more commonly associated with her predecessor as railway minister, Mamata Banerjee laid out the direction that India’s largest single employer would take in the next year. Wh  ....Read more

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Double Edge - Ghost of the LeftBy: Ashok | Sunday , 5 Jul '09 15:13:48 PM Reply | Forward With West Bengal elections lurking in the horizon, what else can be expected from a minister coming from that part of the country? Left may have been buried (so to say) in the sand in the current loksabha for the time being, but its ghost will continue to haunt Mamta. Except for not donning the red colour, she will try her socialistic best (rather ‘worst’) to occupy the space created by Left to which the door was kicked open after the recent election. Would there be a better opportunity for her to settle the scores with Left using the ticket and the tax payer’s money to doll out sops after sops? We do not have a single ‘clean’ station in the country and she announces 50 world class stations (over next 50 years one would guess in absence of any schedule). Quite a joke and a telling commentary on how much respect our leaders have for the common sense of the common man.
Railway under MamataBy: Kishore Karnad | Sunday , 5 Jul '09 2:15:59 AM Reply | Forward While the maidan mamata budget is welcome for many aspects, I feel that Railways should concentrate on its main function of maximising facilities for traveling and transiting passangers- clean toilets, wholesome food and pure water, decent waiting rooms, tidy carriages, on time performance, elimination of massive corruption leading to passanger exploitation should get priorities over starting colleges- it may be better if the railways support exisitng institutions -medical and nursing- instead of entering an area about which they know little or nothing. Leave education to educators, concentrate on your core business, Mamatadi!
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